On 10/06/10 01:35, Casey Rodarmor wrote:
> And just to clarify, the data that I copied over from A to B was just
> a plain backup, with no rdiff-backup meta-data.
rdiff-backup will use existing files no matter what, just like rsync.
However, it will complain like this:
> Fatal Error: Destination directory
>
> dst
>
> exists, but does not look like a rdiff-backup directory. Running
> rdiff-backup like this could mess up what is currently in it. If you
> want to update or overwrite it, run rdiff-backup with the --force
> option.
So, just add --force for the first run.
Jakob